CDA
FreeComputationalDesign
CourseforUniversities

No software installs. No license fees. Just open a browser and design.

01 — The Why

Design isn’t just drawn anymore. It’s computed.

The tools changed. The work changed. Now the classroom has to.

Complexity

A contemporary project balances thousands of parameters — structure, daylight, airflow, fabrication. Relationships like that can’t be sketched; they have to be computed.

Speed

Computational workflows turn weeks of manual iteration into hours. A student can test a hundred design variations before their next crit.

Scale

The same parametric logic designs a steel joint or a city block. Scale becomes a variable, not a barrier.

Yet most design schools still teach drafting first.

02 — The Challenge

Let’s bridge the gap.

From outdated curriculum to industry-ready skills.

What’s taughtWhat’s needed

No structured curriculum

Academically Structured

Inconsistent delivery

Teachable by non-specialists

Not enough specialists

Backed by strong materials

Weak fabrication link

Fabrication-oriented outputs

High internal build cost

Ready out-of-the-box

03 — The Platform

Meet Beegraphy

The computational design classroom, reimagined.

A Beegraphy classroom: instructor demonstrating a node-based parametric design on a screen while students watch, with a 3D printer producing colorful parts nearby.

Visual, not code.

Free for every student.

Production-ready scripts.

Built for the Classroom.

04 — Human Proof

We built Beegraphy to make computational design accessible.

Then educators found us.
Laurent Lescop
Intro

Meet Laurent Lescop, a professor from Nantes, France.

He stopped losing half his workshop to IT.

  • Every workshop used to start the same way: students stuck on installation, versions clashing, time wasted before a single concept was taught.
  • With Beegraphy running in the browser, that problem vanished.
  • Laurent now spends the full session teaching computational design, not troubleshooting setup.
  • He’s made it his go-to platform for every workshop he runs.
Florina Pantilimonescu

Florina Pantilimonescu

Ion Mincu University · Bucharest

She stopped sending files. She started sharing work.

  • Her old workflow meant emailing static files, waiting for feedback, and losing track of versions.
  • BeeGraphy replaced all of that with a single shared link.
  • Her designs update in real-time, student submissions come in live, and the course runs as a genuinely collaborative space.
  • She built it into her course framework as the core tool, not an afterthought.
Jiyun Ko

Jiyun Ko

GoMath Academy · South Korea

She needed her high school students to see math — not just solve it.

  • Jiyun wasn’t looking for a design tool — she needed a way to make abstract mathematical concepts visible in 3D for high school students.
  • BeeGraphy was beginner-friendly enough that her students were working from the first session, with no onboarding friction.
  • She uses it to bring geometry and mathematical logic to life in a way that a textbook simply can’t.

We turned three years of educator feedback into a 16-week program.

Free for every university.
05 — The Course

What's Inside.

A complete free course, ready to teach out of the box. Every partner educator gets these six deliverables — from syllabus to capstone.

Two students working in Beegraphy — one building a parametric lamp design, the other viewing a hexagonal geometric sphere on the node-graph editor.

Structured curriculum

Instructor guidebook

Class-by-class assignments

Video tutorials

Assessments

Fabrication-ready final project

06 — Plans

Start free. Scale when ready.

Three plans · one outcome · computational design for every classroom.

FREE · CERTIFICATION

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FREE$250

One-time upgrade · 25 students

FREE INCLUDES
  • $16,000 course with MOU
  • 25 hrs of pre-recorded sessions
  • Discord community support
CERTIFICATION ADDS
  • Beegraphy Design Awards
  • Certificates on verification
  • 4 × 1-hr on-demand sessions
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ONLINE · OFFLINE · LIVE
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Live Workshop

What's included
  • Domestic & International mentors
  • 2 / 3–4 / 7 day formats
  • Fabricate or digital output
  • 20 students per lead mentor
Custom pricing

Online or offline · from $80 / hr

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ON-DEMAND · LONG TERM

On-Demand Long Term

What's included
  • Domestic & International mentors
  • Fabricate or digital output
  • 20 students per lead mentor
  • Travel & lodging included
Custom pricing

Semester program · 16 sessions

Plan a Semester
Individual Services

Standalone workshop & program options with domestic and international mentors

2-Day Workshop

Domestic
From $200

Intensive hands-on workshop covering parametric design fundamentals with a fabrication or digital outcome.

2-Day Workshop

International
From $400

Led by international mentors. Includes travel coordination, advanced modules, and project mentorship.

3–4 Day Workshop

Domestic
From $350

Extended format with deeper exploration of computational workflows, fabrication prep, and final presentations.

3–4 Day Workshop

International
From $700

Multi-day immersive led by global experts. Covers advanced parametric logic, digital fabrication, and portfolio-ready output.

7-Day Workshop

Domestic
From $600

Full-week intensive program. Students go from zero to a complete computational design project with fabrication output.

Semester Program

16 Sessions
Custom

Long-term curriculum integration with weekly sessions, domestic & international mentors, and large-scale project outcomes.

07 — The Network

Our Community

National & international experts + global partners

Tutors

Gediminas Kirdeikis

Gediminas Kirdeikis

Architect, Lecturer, Online Content Creator

Architect
Jose Luis García del Castillo

Jose Luis García del Castillo

Lecturer, Harvard

Harvard GSD
Laurent Lescop

Laurent Lescop

Architect, Professor & Researcher

ENSA Nantes
Mohammed Saifiz P A

Mohammed Saifiz P A

Founder & Head of Parametric

CODIN Global
Chris Bullen

Chris Bullen

Advanced Visualization, Architecture & Interior

Visualization

Partners

CODIN
uni.xyz
ArchiCodes
Parametric Camp
CEPT University

The Awards

Beegraphy Computational Design Awards 2026
2026 Edition · Global

An annual showcase celebrating the boldest student and professional computational design work from around the world.

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The Future is Computational

The question is not if It's how soon you adapt

Let's build this together. Partner with Beegraphy to bring computational design into your classroom.

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